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ELLISON

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ELLISON (noun)
  The noun ELLISON has 1 sense:

1. United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)

  Familiarity information: ELLISON used as a noun is very rare.


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ELLISON (noun)


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Meaning:

United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ellison; Ralph Ellison; Ralph Waldo Ellison

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


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